Gadgets Gone Evil 2

this is whack. i don't believe it.

The 22 year old Chinese welder did not die from an exploding cell phone battery. He was accidently killed by a fellow colleague. Please research your information before alarming the public.

Information, I'm more inclined to believe an AOL article over your unidentified comment. You made a statement and did not provide sources... At least AOL provided that. And another thing how do you know that the story you read was not false? You had to be, "that guy" didn't you?

surfnbvolc,

Information wasn't "that guy". The reason I know that is that he has the Chinese welder mixed up with the South Korean quarryman.

This is part of the AP story and note that it is not about a Chinese man who actually did die from injuries caused by the explosion of the battery to his Motorola phone. The phone that was in question with the South Korean man was made by LG:

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As it turns out, there was more to that story yesterday about the South Korean man getting killed by an exploding cell phone battery. Rather, it had something to do with a co-worker operating an excavator next to him. It seems the co-worker lied about the accident for fear of the trouble that would no doubt follow.

It is good to know that it was not the cell phone, and I am sure LG is very, very relieved. Fifteen days to wait until the official cause of death, but it sounds like the poor guy was run over. How that phone caught fire is the next piece of the puzzle.
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Regarding the Chinese man, who was a welder, he did die. The battery exploded in his shirt pocket, drove into his ribs, pushing one into his heart. He worked in an area that was warmer than what most people work in and it is believed that might have let to its overheating although clearly the if the ambient temperature is still tolerable by humans, it shouldn't cause devices to explode.

Information, I suggest you follow your own advice to AOL and maybe the next time you will realize that you were mixing up two different stories. Regarding, alarming the public, given that the man reported to have died from the explosion actually did and the one who you said was killed by his co=worker was someone else, the story speaks for itself. Ion-lithium batteries are unstable and the more electronics that get packed into increasing;y smaller spaces with no active cooling mechanisms means more heat and heat is a catalyst for violent chemical reactions...like explosions.

the fact is that new high-teck is sold when its know there are things wrong with them. almost all of them! the makers are working on the new ones, not the ones that have been rushed to the stores. they know there are things wrong but being the first on the market is more important. and when it goes bad try and get them fixed. the warranties are shorter now.

I wish EVERY CELL PHONE WOULD EXPLODE !!!! The world got along just FINE without them. I HATE listening to people yakking. They also talk WAY louder on phones than in person. IGNORANT. Then, if you happen to look at them, they give you a look back like you are a total jerk. Why can't people talk quietly? The WORST is the WALKIE TALKIE types that go "BLEEP BLEEP" EVERY TIME you release the talk button AND you hear BOTH sides of the conversation. Phone calls should be PRIVATE, thats why phone BOOTHS were invented long ago, for privacy. NOBODY wants to hear your conversations. Have some CLASS

Lithium + water + air = fire! Lithium batteries are sealed to prevent this, especially when they're either charged or are charging. If they catch fire, there is a fault with the battery (frequently caused by repeated charge cycles when the thing is already fully charged).

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There is always a welder dying from something exploding in his pocket...
For 30 years, he kept dying because of a Bic lighter that he accidentally ignited in his shirt pocket with orange-hot slag from his welding.
The claim about a person dying from an exploding cell phone might have begged a little more investigation, had that person not been said to be a welder.